Hi Martin
Thank you for answering.
Just a question before executing the tape tests: could 'mt -f /dev/nst0 eod'
erase the tape or mess with backup data on it?
Regarding backup end file: no, 290 is not the expected end of this backup. Tape
goes all up until file 463.
Rodrigo
> >>>>> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:48:39 -0300, Rodrigo Ferraz said:
> >
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > We have been facing this issue for a long time, so any help or insight will
> > be
> greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Bacula seem to be working just fine, with the exception of these two
> situations below:
> >
> > 1) Bacula cannot reposition the tape and continue using it after it is
> unmounted. If the tape stays mounted for the whole week, for example, all
> daily backups work fine.
> > 2) Restore jobs work ok, but always with the "ERR=Input/output" error
> > (log below)
>
> Do the commands below work without errors when a Bacula tape is in the
> drive?
> (stop the bacula-sd first)
>
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 32768
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> mt -f /dev/nst0 eod
>
>
>
> > I'm mentioning these situations because they are certainly related to how
> bacula-sd is configured. There must be something wrong with our bacula-
> sd.conf file, but I can assure you that we are using exactly as suggested by
> btape test. Here it is:
> >
> > Device {
> > Name = LTO-3
> > Drive Index = 0
> > Autochanger = no
> > Archive Device = /dev/nst0
> > Maximum Changer Wait = 3d
> > AutomaticMount = yes
> > AlwaysOpen = yes
> > Media Type = LTO-3
> > RemovableMedia = yes
> > Offline On Unmount = no
> > Spool Directory = /var/lib/bacula/spool
> > Maximum Spool Size = 35gb
> > RandomAccess = no
> > LabelMedia = yes
> > #Hardware End of Medium = No
> > #Fast Forward Space File = No
> > Two EOF = no
> > BSF at EOM = no
> > }
> >
> > And here is the restore job log showing the problem:
> >
> > 23-Aug 10:14 br01 JobId 1396: Start Restore Job
> > RestoreFiles.2011-08-23_10.14.27_36
> > 23-Aug 10:14 br01 JobId 1396: Using Device "LTO-3"
> > 23-Aug 10:14 br01 JobId 1396: Ready to read from volume "M082011" on
> device "LTO-3" (/dev/nst0).
> > 23-Aug 10:14 br01 JobId 1396: Forward spacing Volume "M082011" to
> file:block 289:0.
> > -->23-Aug 10:16 br01 JobId 1396: Error: block.c:1002 Read error on fd=5 at
> file:blk 290:0 on device "LTO-3" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.
> > 23-Aug 10:16 br01 JobId 1396: End of Volume at file 290 on device "LTO-3"
> (/dev/nst0), Volume "M082011"
> > 23-Aug 10:16 br01 JobId 1396: End of all volumes.
>
> Is file 290 the expected end of this backup (look in the jobmedia for the
> original jobid).
>
> __Martin
>
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